扣

kòu

k+òu·4th tone

to fasten · to button

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 6 HSK 6

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排才扬执

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Character Decomposition

扣=扌+口

Etymology

hand

Meanings

to fasten

to button

button

buckle

knot

to arrest

to confiscate

to deduct (money)

discount

to knock

to smash, spike or dunk (a ball)

to cover (with a bowl etc)

(fig.) to tag a label on sb

(Tw) (loanword) code

kòu

button

kòu

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Words with 扣 152 total

to seize · to confiscate查扣chá kòu hidden snap fastener (concealed behind a flap on a garment)暗扣àn kòu to unbutton · (fig.) to solve a dispute解扣jiě kòu to deduct扣除kòu chú to smash a ball扣击kòu jī

Idioms with 扣 15 total Chain

a hundred percent · to the letter · out-and-out不折不扣bù zhé bù kòu lit. to knock a basin and feel a candle (idiom) · fig. to rely on superficial experience and one-sided understanding, thus failing to grasp the truth扣盘扪烛kòu pán mén zhú to excite · to thrill · exciting · thrilling · cliff-hanging扣人心弦kòu rén xīn xián lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom) · fig. greatly reduced · substantially scaled back七折八扣qī zhé bā kòu

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